Promoting Australia's First Languages

Working with partners to increasing awareness of Australia’s first languages. Read More

Gambay - Australian First Languages Map

Collaborating with regional language centres to develop an interactive map of Australian languages that reflects the names and groupings favoured by community. Read More

First Languages in Education

From training through to employment, First Languages Australia is working with policy makers and educators to help overcome the issues facing those involved with the teaching and learning of first languages. Read More

Angkety map: Digital Resources Report

Reporting on benefits and challenges of using digital resources in your language work, and highlighting best practice for digital resource production. Read More

Indigenous Languages Collections Strategy

Working with Australia's major libraries and archives to implement the National Indigenous Collections Strategy (2013). Read More

Warra: Building teams, building resources

A set of guidelines for those who are setting out to create resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language projects. Read More

First Languages Australia is working with Australia's major libraries and archives to implement the National Indigenous Collections Strategy (2013). Since 2010, the group has been meeting with, and coordinating meetings between, representatives from key state and national collecting agencies. The outcome of these discussions was formulated in to a strategy document which was published last year.

Exciting projects are already being implemented by a number of our major libraries and archives.